--- title: "Video Shows Tesla Semi Truck Seemingly Broken Down Near a Highway" description: "Footage shared on YouTube shows a Tesla Semi truck seemingly broken down on the side of a highway in Northern California, blocking traffic on an on-ramp." date: "2022-10-12" modified: "2022-10-12" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-semi-broken-down-highway" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "tesla semi" - "the digest" --- # Video Shows Tesla Semi Truck Seemingly Broken Down Near a Highway ![Footage shared on YouTube shows a Tesla Semi truck seemingly broken down on the side of a highway in Northern California, blocking traffic on an on-ramp.]() *\Image: Serge The Car Hauler\* ## Big Rig Wrecker Tesla has months before it's scheduled to [deliver its first all-electric Semi truck]() — and if a recent video is anything to go by, the company still has plenty of kinks to work out. Footage [shared on YouTube]() shows a Tesla Semi truck seemingly broken down on the side of a highway in Northern California, blocking traffic on an onramp, as [spotted by *Electrek*](). The footage shows a shipping truck, a Tesla service van, and a large truck hauler pulled onto the side of the road near the Semi. It's still unclear what happened to the truck, but given the circumstances, it certainly appears to have been a technical issue. And that doesn't bode well, considering what's at stake. Tesla's Semi stands the chance of being a huge infrastructural hit, allowing corporate customers to greatly reduce the money and environmental footprint of the trucking industry. https://youtu.be/Rsdj7N2tp4Y ## Servicing Semis Meanwhile, Tesla is on a hiring spree to build out a "[Semi Service Program]()" to maintain and repair the fleet of electric trucks. According [to *Electrek*](), Tesla is leaning in on its mobile service strategy, bringing technicians out to customers instead of having them show up at servicing locations. Last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the company is delivering its first truck to customer and beverage giant PepsiCo. "500 mile range and super fun to drive," Musk [wrote]() on Twitter. The truck was first unveiled almost five years ago, but the company has struggled to wrap up development and scale up production to finally start shipping it out to customers. While the recent incident doesn't exactly instill confidence, Tesla has been [using and testing the truck for years]() — so there's still a decent chance customers can expect at least a degree of reliability. **READ MORE:** [Tesla Semi spotted seemingly broken down on an on-ramp]() \[*Electrek*\] **More on the Semi:** *[Tesla Delivering First Semi Truck to Pepsi in December, Elon Says]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()